REALESTATEU TEXAS REAL ESTATE
PRINCIPLES PART 1 FINAL EXAM 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
◉ Steering . Answer: Directing Home Seekers to particular
neighborhoods based on the the fair housing protected classes
◉ Blockbusting . Answer: Real estate agents creating fear in a
neighborhood in order to induce the owner of the houses to sell the
properties at a loss to the agents
◉ Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 . Answer: Prohibits
discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income from a
public assistance program.
◉ Real Property/ Real Estate . Answer: Land, improvements and the
rights to own them
◉ Improvements . Answer: Anything put on the land with the intent
of improving the land.
,◉ Chattel . Answer: Personal Property
◉ Appurtenances . Answer: Right or privilege attached to land that
goes with the land when ownership of the land changes.
◉ Fixture . Answer: Something that was personal property and has
now become real estate because it has been attached to the land.
◉ Three tests of a fixture . Answer: A) Method of annexation
B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C) Intention of the parties
◉ Trade Fixture . Answer: Something that is attached to a property
under a commercial lease.
◉ Fixity or Permanence of Investment . Answer: The fact that
improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for them.
◉ Metes and Bounds . Answer: Uses distance and directions to
define and describe the shape and boundaries of the property.
◉ Datum . Answer: Used to mark elevation
, ◉ Rectangular Survey System . Answer: Uses latitude, longitude,
standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
◉ Townships . Answer: Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
◉ Unit . Answer: 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
◉ Acre . Answer: 43,560
◉ Recorded Plat . Answer: When land is divided into plots
◉ Informal Reference . Answer: not a legal description.
◉ Riparian Rights . Answer: The right to use water in a river or
stream
◉ Littoral Rights . Answer: Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy
the water that touches his land but he may not alter the course of
the water
◉ Surface water . Answer: Publicly owned and governed by the state
of Texas.
PRINCIPLES PART 1 FINAL EXAM 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
◉ Steering . Answer: Directing Home Seekers to particular
neighborhoods based on the the fair housing protected classes
◉ Blockbusting . Answer: Real estate agents creating fear in a
neighborhood in order to induce the owner of the houses to sell the
properties at a loss to the agents
◉ Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 . Answer: Prohibits
discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income from a
public assistance program.
◉ Real Property/ Real Estate . Answer: Land, improvements and the
rights to own them
◉ Improvements . Answer: Anything put on the land with the intent
of improving the land.
,◉ Chattel . Answer: Personal Property
◉ Appurtenances . Answer: Right or privilege attached to land that
goes with the land when ownership of the land changes.
◉ Fixture . Answer: Something that was personal property and has
now become real estate because it has been attached to the land.
◉ Three tests of a fixture . Answer: A) Method of annexation
B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C) Intention of the parties
◉ Trade Fixture . Answer: Something that is attached to a property
under a commercial lease.
◉ Fixity or Permanence of Investment . Answer: The fact that
improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for them.
◉ Metes and Bounds . Answer: Uses distance and directions to
define and describe the shape and boundaries of the property.
◉ Datum . Answer: Used to mark elevation
, ◉ Rectangular Survey System . Answer: Uses latitude, longitude,
standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
◉ Townships . Answer: Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
◉ Unit . Answer: 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
◉ Acre . Answer: 43,560
◉ Recorded Plat . Answer: When land is divided into plots
◉ Informal Reference . Answer: not a legal description.
◉ Riparian Rights . Answer: The right to use water in a river or
stream
◉ Littoral Rights . Answer: Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy
the water that touches his land but he may not alter the course of
the water
◉ Surface water . Answer: Publicly owned and governed by the state
of Texas.
